Broom stiffening and protecting device



June 30, 1925. 1,543,805

J. R. TACKETT v BROOM STIFFENING AND PROTECTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 16, 1924 ZN V212 TOR.

Patented June 30, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. TACKETT, OF OLIVE HILL, KENTUCKY.

BROOM STIFFENING AND PROTECTING DEVICE.

Application filed December 16, 1924. Serial No. 756,321.

T all whom it may concern: I

Be it lmown that 1, JAMES R. TAoKE'rr, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Olive Hill, in the county of Carter and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom stiffening and Protecting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to broom fibre reinforcing or stifi'ening devices, and has'for an object the provision of a device adapted to embrace a broom near the ends of the fibre or straw, and adapted to hold the same nested, or in close contact, to prevent undue spreading and undue flexibility of the said straw.

' It is a further object of this invention to produce a. device of the character indicated which can be readily applied to or removed from the heads of brooms, the said device having an oscillatable or yielding action, permitting it to swing as the broom straw is flexed; and the inventor furthermore contemplates that the reinforcing device shall be movable in order that it may be adjusted at differentpositions with respect to the broom as the ends of the straw become worn.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a device of the character indicated which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a broom showing a device embodying the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view of the reinforcing device and its anchoring means; and

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view of the anchoring devlce.

In these drawings, 5 denotes a broom of ordinary construction having the bridle or reinforcing device 6 embracing it near the ends of the straws of the broom. It will be understood that this bridle or encircling element may be positioned at different locations with respect to the ends of the straws, according to the conditions of the broom, its flexibility, etc. The bridle or encircling element is supported or held by what might be termed bails 7 each of which has ends connected to sides of the bridle, as shown at 8, the said bail having a central portion provided with a loop 9 which oscillates on a knob or handle 10 that is anchored to the broom at or near the head thereof.

Each knob 10 has a screw-like anchoring element 11 secured to it, the said anchoring element having a shank 12 that extends through the knob and an outer end which extends over a portion of the surface of the knob, and is provided with a spur 13 imbedded in the said knob, thus making it possible to communicate rotary motion of the knob to the anchoring screw when inserting the screw in the broom fibre, or in removing it. Owing to the fact that the knob may be rotated independently of the bails and that the bails may oscillate on the said knobs, it will follow that as the broom is being used, the bails will oscillate slightly, yielding as the broom straws are bent during the sweeping operation.

As the ends of the straws wear away, the bridle or stiffening device may be elevated and anchored, and the anchoring device thereof may be secured to hold it in the last mentioned position.

I claim:

In a. broom stiffening and protecting device, a broom encircling element, bails each having ends secured to opposite sides of the said encircling element, said bails having looped central portions, knobs having grooves in which the loops of the bails are located and on which they are oscillatable, and screws secured to the said knobs adapt ed to be imbedded in fibre of the broom for anchoring the same.

JAMES R. TACKETT. 

